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119,625 real stars from the HYG catalog: every Hipparcos star, with distances, brightnesses, spectral types and luminosities.

Source: the HYG stellar database v4.1 (CC BY-SA), built from the Hipparcos, Yale and Gliese catalogs. 464 stars carry proper names; the rest go by catalog numbers, as astronomers know them. Blank cells mean the catalog holds no measured value, never a guess. The galaxy holds 100–400 billion stars; this is the well-measured neighborhood.

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The spectral classesO B A F G K M

Every star in the catalogue below belongs to one of these families, from hottest blue to coolest red. The Sun is a G.

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Brown dwarf
Brightest in our sky Nearest to the Sun Most luminous Stars with proper names Variable stars
StarConstellationMagnitude Distance (ly)Luminosity (Suns)Spectral type
HIP 91071 Her 8.23 1,436.8 86.30 M2
HIP 106898 Cyg 9.13 2,174.4 86.30 A0
HIP 65387 Cen 4.52 260.3 86.30 G5III-IV
HIP 81830 Aps 6.73 720.0 86.30 K3III
HIP 50551 Vel 8.56 1,672.6 86.30 A0/A1V
HIP 115274 Gru 7.96 1,269.1 86.30 K3III
HIP 85213 UMi 8.71 1,792.1 86.30 K0
HIP 113316 ◈ Cep 7.21 898.5 86.30 B9
HIP 46280 UMa 7.34 953.7 86.30 G5
HIP 19968 Cam 5.69 446.2 86.30 B5Vn
HIP 72887 Boo 7.97 1,274.0 86.22 K2
HIP 81809 Oph 7.64 1,094.5 86.22 K2
HIP 54341 Leo 8.25 1,449.6 86.22 K0III
HIP 8520 Cep 8.11 1,359.0 86.22 A5
HIP 76546 Lup 8.24 1,443.2 86.22 K1III
HIP 105836 Cep 7.83 1,194.7 86.22 K2
HIP 97120 Dra 8.95 2,001.0 86.22 A3
HIP 10455 Phe 8.99 2,038.5 86.22 G8III
HIP 78765 Lup 7.83 1,194.7 86.22 F7V
HIP 72784 Lib 8.26 1,456.1 86.22 K3III
HIP 31508 Gem 7.26 918.7 86.22 K0
HIP 113162 Lac 8.91 1,964.8 86.22 A0
HIP 55999 Cen 7.20 893.6 86.22 A0V
HIP 29144 Pup 8.64 1,734.9 86.22 G3V
HIP 79279 Nor 8.26 1,456.1 86.22 B1III
HIP 46222 Vel 8.91 1,964.8 86.22 G8III
HIP 97728 Cyg 8.11 1,359.0 86.22 K0
HIP 117213 Scl 8.39 1,545.8 86.22 F2V
HIP 21059 ◈ Cam 8.41 1,560.6 86.22 M3IIIvar
HIP 41985 Vol 8.27 1,462.6 86.14 K0III
HIP 41439 Vel 9.06 2,104.2 86.14 K0
HIP 68753 Hya 8.33 1,503.0 86.14 F2IV
37 Cam Cam 5.35 381.0 86.14 G8III
HIP 110133 Peg 9.19 2,233.9 86.14 K0
HIP 39169 Cnc 7.09 849.4 86.14 G5
HIP 113200 Lac 7.50 1,025.6 86.14 K2
HIP 36939 Pup 8.35 1,517.0 86.14 G6/G8III
HIP 115949 Peg 7.67 1,109.4 86.14 G2IV
HIP 96388 Aql 8.35 1,517.0 86.14 A0
HIP 21153 Per 8.54 1,655.6 86.14 K5
HIP 34014 Cam 8.32 1,496.1 86.14 G5
HIP 104627 Ind 8.33 1,503.0 86.14 K2III
HIP 2025 Psc 6.77 732.9 86.14 K0
HIP 63907 CVn 7.31 939.9 86.14 K5III
HIP 97560 Aql 7.70 1,124.7 86.14 G5II
HIP 13337 Ari 8.36 1,524.1 86.14 K5
HIP 71727 Lup 6.61 680.9 86.14 A0p
HIP 59822 Cen 8.35 1,517.0 86.14 B9V
HIP 12059 Cas 7.31 939.9 86.14 G5V
HIP 95334 Aql 8.54 1,655.6 86.14 K2
HIP 10829 ◈ Per 8.35 1,517.0 86.14 M2Iab:var
HIP 93019 Dra 8.29 1,475.8 86.14 A0
HIP 57508 Leo 9.19 2,233.9 86.14 G5
HIP 20596 Eri 8.76 1,832.3 86.14 B9.5V
HIP 110264 Gru 7.84 1,199.1 86.06 K0III
HIP 82946 Her 7.84 1,199.1 86.06 K2
HIP 12454 Per 7.57 1,058.9 86.06 A0
HIP 30369 Aur 9.02 2,064.3 86.06 K0
HIP 84130 Dra 7.98 1,279.0 86.06 A2
HIP 42519 ◈ Vel 7.46 1,006.7 86.06 B9p
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Magnitude runs backwards: smaller numbers are brighter (the sky’s brightest star, Sirius, is −1.44). Naked-eye limit is about +6.5 under dark skies. Distances come from measured parallaxes; luminosities are computed from brightness plus distance.